Christ Episcopal Church, Pensacola Florida

For over a century, Christ Episcopal Church has served as a religious and cultural center for the city of Pensacola. Pensacola's Episcopalian tradition began in 1832, with the construction of Old Christ Church located on Seville Square. During the late ...

Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park

Located along the beautiful Lake Wales Ridge, Allen David Broussard Catfish Creek Preserve State Park, covers more than 8,000 acres of scrub, sandhill and flatwoods land, in addition to 65 acres of submerged land. The preserve offers six miles of ...

Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park

The beautiful ornamental gardens are located on a portion of the park's 1,076 upland acres. The gardens were first planted in 1923 by Alfred B. and Louise Maclay after purchasing the property for their winter home.

A masterpiece of floral ...

Alafia River State Park

Some of the most challenging off-road bicycling trails in Florida can be found at Alafia River State Park. Located on what was once a phosphate mining site, the unique topography of the reclaimed land offers some of Florida's most radical ...

Fort Gadsden Historic Site

Fort Gadsden, also known as the Negro Fort, was built by the British during the War of 1812. In 1818 the U.S. government took over and rebuilt the fort, naming it after the lieutenant who supervised the construction.

In 1814 ...

Frederick C. Robie House

In its May 1957 issue, House and Home magazine declared that "no house in America during the past hundred years matches the importance of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House."

Built in 1909, the Frederick C. Robie House stands as one ...

San Felasco Hammock State Preserve

A 17th century Spanish mission, San Francisco de Potano, was located in the southeastern corner of the preserve. San Felasco is a mispronunciation of San Francisco by Seminoles and white settlers of the area in the late 1700s and early ...

Albert F. Madlener House

One of the most prominent residential buildings represented by the second generation of the Chicago School architects is the Albert F. Madlener House.

Designed by Hugh Garden, the house faces Burton St. with an off center front door. Three stories ...

Potter's Field

From 1843 to 1871, this area was the City Cemetery potter's field, a graveyard for the poor and disenfranchised.

More that 15,000 people, including 4,000 Civil War Rebels, were buried here on marshy land near the water's edge. Within six ...

Fort San Carlos de Barrancas

A National Historic Landmark, Batteria de San Antonio sits on a bluff overlooking the entrance to Pensacola Bay. The natural advantages of this location have inspired engineers of three nations to build forts.

The British built the Royal Navy Redoubt ...